br06 Posted December 22, 2020 Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) Hello everyone, I have a big problem with affinity PUBLISHER. I imported a PDF file to edit it. I made a background and applied text styles on some texts. Everything was ok. And then without warning impossible to select most of the texts on my page. The only way is to click on the layers. I have about 100 layers and it's impossible to work this way... Please help me, how can I select my texts in the page again with the normal section or text tools? Thank you for your precious help. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Edited December 22, 2020 by br06 Quote
Pšenda Posted December 22, 2020 Posted December 22, 2020 Master Page vs Page? Move Tool, Text Tool, double click to text? Screenshots? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.7.2948 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130.
br06 Posted December 22, 2020 Author Posted December 22, 2020 I am not using Master page. I can' select with move tools, text tool or double click text.... Here a screenshoot, thanks for help Quote
walt.farrell Posted December 22, 2020 Posted December 22, 2020 From the large X across the page, I suspect you have a Picture Frame above those text objects in the Layers panel stack. (Further, I suspect that your background image is not placed in that Picture Frame properly, or the X would not be there.) With that many layers, though, it will be difficult for us to see from a screenshot what is above your text layer that is preventing it from being selected. Pšenda 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Pšenda Posted December 22, 2020 Posted December 22, 2020 Because it is not completely obvious in your screenshot, so for explanation - this is this Pixel Frame which just above the Text Frame, so the text can not be selected. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.7.2948 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130.
br06 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Posted December 23, 2020 I'm attaching the original file in wetransfert for help. : I can't do it alone, i hide the cross file and i have the same problem... Thank you for your help Quote
Move Along People Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 - Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here
br06 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) no, I deleted it and the problem is still the same. Edited December 23, 2020 by br06 Quote
wonderings Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 definitely something weird there. Are you saying you did not create this from scratch in Publisher but are editing a PDF that was designed in another program? What program was the original PDF made with? Are you able to supply that PDF as well to see if we can reproduce this? Quote
walt.farrell Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 Even with the upper layer in place, I am able to double click on individual text items with the Move Tool or the Frame Text Tool to select them. I'm surprised that the upper layer doesn't prevent this, and I can't explain why it works, but it does (for me). Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
br06 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Posted December 23, 2020 yes here is the original PDF file that was made from openOffice. I specify that at the beginning the text zones were selectable with the move tool. Thanks for your help it drives me crazy Quote
br06 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Posted December 23, 2020 i have publisher 1.8.5.703 .. Is there a probleme with my program ? 😥😥😥 Quote
wonderings Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 I am going to say the issue is the PDF itself. I could get it to select things but not easily. Personally I would probably just reset at this point and do it properly rather then have a file that is a nightmare to work with and you need to fight in order to do what you want to do. Quote
br06 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Posted December 23, 2020 But when I create a new text space on the document where the error occurs, I can't select it again at ..... Do you think my file is corrupted ? it's really weird anyway... Quote
wonderings Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, br06 said: But when I create a new text space on the document where the error occurs, I can't select it again at ..... Do you think my file is corrupted ? it's really weird anyway... It could be corrupted or just Publisher not playing nice with a PDF made from OpenOffice. I have found OpenOffice to not be all that great with projects in the past and dread files from OpenOffice more then I do from Microsoft Office. This is why I think you are better off setting up from scratch. It will take a bit more time but you will have a file you can work with and edit easily if any changes/alterations come back after sending out a proof. Quote
MickRose Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 I have found that on the 2nd page clicking any text with the text tool always selects the bottom right frame. But I have used the Designer persona to change to outline mode and then the text blocks become selectable as normal in either Designer or Publisher personas. Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM
br06 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Posted December 23, 2020 I'm sorry, but can you explain to me how I should proceed? I don't quite understand what I should do. Thank you Quote
br06 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Posted December 23, 2020 ok I found to change to outline mode but the background image disappears ! Is it a problem with the background image ? it's really weird Quote
MickRose Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 If you are working in outline mode the images will not show but will reappear when you go back to normal mode. Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM
br06 Posted December 24, 2020 Author Posted December 24, 2020 Thank you MickRose, do you have an idea about the bug I have on this file? Quote
MickRose Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 Not really, other than the idea that the PDF is the problem rather than AfPub. Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM
markw Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 I don’t know if this really helps any but out of curiosity I have just had a quick play with the source PDF, provided earlier in this thread, in APub 1.8.6 and then again in the 1.9 Beta. In 1.8 virtually nothing is selectable on the second page without going into Outline Mode, as suggested by MickRose In 1.9 beta all the second page text would seem to be editable without any obvious issues. I didn’t have a lot of the fonts used in the PDF, so just went with the font replacements as offered on import. But it worked. So it would seem to me that APub is doing something different and/or better in the Beta version, than in the current retail version? Quote macOS 12.7.6 | 15" Macbook Pro, 2017 | 4 Core i7 3.1GHz CPU | Radeon Pro 555 2GB GPU + Integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 1.536GB | 16GB RAM | Wacom Intuos4 M
br06 Posted December 26, 2020 Author Posted December 26, 2020 Thank you all for your help and advice. I'm going to redo the whole document.... I hope this bug won't come back because it's a big waste of time and it scares me to use the software in the future . See you soon friends. Quote
br06 Posted December 26, 2020 Author Posted December 26, 2020 there is definitely a bug with the text styles on my version of Publisher !!!! I did a test again with new texts and when I apply the text styles, after "X" manipulations the bug comes back and I can't select the texts anymore ! PFff can you explain to me why i have this problem ?? ------- I selected all the text layers and then I deleted the text styles !! and it's all working again !! The bug comes from the application of the text styles !!!! pffffff the horror !! -- Quote
ksrcreative Posted January 6, 2021 Posted January 6, 2021 I'm having a similar problem. I copied and pasted some pages from on publisher document to a new publisher document and when i try to click on some of the text it just won let me. Quote
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